diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/server/PageTaskAdd.html b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/server/PageTaskAdd.html
index 4d2da928c86..49783e7bb1e 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/server/PageTaskAdd.html
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/server/PageTaskAdd.html
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ <h3><wicket:message key="pageTask.scheduleTitle"/><br />
                         <td><input class="input-sm" type="checkbox" wicket:id="recurring"/></td>
                     </tr>
                     </tbody>
-                    <tbody wicket:id="container">
+                    <tbody class="tbody-nth-of-type-even" wicket:id="container">
                     <tr wicket:id="boundContainer">
                         <td>
                             <wicket:message key="pageTask.bound"/>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ <h3><wicket:message key="pageTask.scheduleTitle"/><br />
                         </td>
                     </tr>
                     </tbody>
-                    <tbody>
+                    <tbody class="tbody-nth-of-type-even" wicket:id="timeContainer">
                     <tr>
                         <td><wicket:message key="pageTask.notStartBefore"/></td>
                         <td><span wicket:id="notStartBeforeField" /></td>
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/server/PageTaskAdd.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/server/PageTaskAdd.java
index c252e5a2a46..0a0f465ad46 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/server/PageTaskAdd.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/server/PageTaskAdd.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.delta.DeltaFactory;
 import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.component.input.DropDownChoicePanel;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.wicket.AttributeModifier;
 import org.apache.wicket.ajax.AjaxRequestTarget;
 import org.apache.wicket.ajax.form.AjaxFormComponentUpdatingBehavior;
 import org.apache.wicket.ajax.markup.html.form.AjaxCheckBox;
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ public class PageTaskAdd extends PageAdminTasks {
     private static final String ID_MISFIRE_ACTION = "misfireAction";
     private static final String ID_RECURRING = "recurring";
     private static final String ID_CONTAINER = "container";
+    private static final String ID_TIME_CONTAINER = "timeContainer";
     private static final String ID_BOUND_CONTAINER = "boundContainer";
     private static final String ID_BOUND_HELP = "boundHelp";
     private static final String ID_BOUND = "bound";
@@ -455,11 +457,21 @@ public boolean isVisible() {
         cronContainer.setOutputMarkupId(true);
         container.add(cronContainer);
 
+        final WebMarkupContainer timeContainer = new WebMarkupContainer(ID_TIME_CONTAINER);
+        timeContainer.setOutputMarkupId(true);
+        mainForm.add(timeContainer);
+        
         AjaxCheckBox recurring = new AjaxCheckBox(ID_RECURRING, recurringCheck) {
 
             @Override
             protected void onUpdate(AjaxRequestTarget target) {
                 target.add(container);
+                if(recurringCheck.getObject()) {
+                	timeContainer.add(new AttributeModifier("class", ""));
+                } else {
+                    timeContainer.add(new AttributeModifier("class", "tbody-nth-of-type-even"));
+                }
+                target.add(timeContainer);
             }
         };
         mainForm.add(recurring);
@@ -502,7 +514,7 @@ protected DateTextField newDateTextField(String id, PropertyModel dateFieldModel
             }
         };
         notStartBefore.setOutputMarkupId(true);
-        mainForm.add(notStartBefore);
+        timeContainer.add(notStartBefore);
 
         final DateTimeField notStartAfter = new DateTimeField(ID_NO_START_AFTER_FIELD, new PropertyModel<>(
             model, TaskAddDto.F_NOT_START_AFTER)) {
@@ -512,7 +524,7 @@ protected DateTextField newDateTextField(String id, PropertyModel dateFieldModel
             }
         };
         notStartAfter.setOutputMarkupId(true);
-        mainForm.add(notStartAfter);
+        timeContainer.add(notStartAfter);
 
         mainForm.add(new StartEndDateValidator(notStartBefore, notStartAfter));
         mainForm.add(new ScheduleValidator(getTaskManager(), recurring, bound, interval, cron));
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/resources/static/less/midpoint-theme.less b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/resources/static/less/midpoint-theme.less
index fceab7e44ac..37aa0de4908 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/resources/static/less/midpoint-theme.less
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/resources/static/less/midpoint-theme.less
@@ -1486,4 +1486,12 @@ th.countLabel{
 
 .small-box h3{
 	white-space: normal;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+
+.tbody-nth-of-type-even>tr:nth-of-type(even) {
+  background-color: #f9f9f9 !important;
+}
+.tbody-nth-of-type-even>tr:nth-of-type(odd) {
+  background-color: inherit !important;
+}    
\ No newline at end of file